Police recovered some of the equipment yesterday and Adam - who believes as much as three-quarters of the kit has now been located - reported further progress in the investigation today that could lead to the retrieval of the remaining items.

"A person has been arrested & a search warrant issued to potentially retrieve remaining kit," he wrote on his Twitter account.

Melbourne-born Ben, who died in a car crash in Perth at the age of 24 just over 10 years ago, won two Test caps and 20 in one-day internationals for England.

Former England captain Michael Vaughan, along with current internationals Kevin Pietersen and Stuart Broad, were among those to take to Twitter yesterday to lead calls for the recovery of the property.